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Enrollment
1,030
High
DISTRICT 870 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051185000923
JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL
21501 CANTRELL RD, LITTLE ROCK, AR 72223 · (501) 868-2400 · Pulaski County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,030 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of Arkansas public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public high schools
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
85 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
297 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 70%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 264 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 286 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 260 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 219 | 21% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
28.6%
AR avg 34.9% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Arkansas average is about 35 of 100. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.6% |
| 2023-24 | 27.3% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
23.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-25.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL
JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (23.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,030 | 28.8% | 23.9% |
| MAUMELLE HIGH SCHOOL MAUMELLE | 869 | 39.5% | 23.4% |
| BENTON HIGH SCHOOL BENTON | 1,298 | 30.2% | 46.2% |
| LAKESIDE HIGH SCHOOL HOT SPRINGS | 1,107 | 36.9% | 44.8% |
| CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL CONWAY | 2,350 | 41.0% | 31.7% |
| MAUMELLE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL NORTH LITTLE | 508 | 20.7% | 42.7% |
Matched among Arkansas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Pulaski County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #187 of 272 | #8 of 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #158 of 280 ▲ 11 | #9 of 18 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,030 | #35 of 310 | #7 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #201 of 245 | #11 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #19 of 246 | #4 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.8% | #256 of 273 | #16 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +79.8% | #2 of 105 | #1 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,030
+298 (+41%) vs 2020
+121% since 1990-91, when it was 466
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 11.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,030 | 85.3 | 12.1:1 | 29% (297) |
| 2023-24 | 845 | 78 | 10.8:1 | 25% (215) |
| 2022-23 | 783 | 61.3 | 12.8:1 | 24% (190) |
| 2020-21 | 732 | 66 | 11.1:1 | 20% (148) |
| 2017-18 | 573 | 44.6 | 12.8:1 | 19% (109) |
| 2015-16 | 555 | 42 | 13.2:1 | 47% (259) |
| 2010-11 | 486 | 42 | 11.6:1 | 43% (210) |
| 2000-01 | 449 | 38 | 11.8:1 | 18% (80) |
| 1990-91 | 466 | 28 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL.
About JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL
JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL is a high-enrollment high school in LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, under PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school has 1,030 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 510 students for high schools in Arkansas.
JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL is part of PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, where 26 schools serve 12,586 students.
At JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL, White students make up the biggest share, 47%. Other students are 37% Black, 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Pulaski County residents are about 49% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 64% means there is a 64% chance two randomly chosen students at JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL are from different groups.
Its staff includes 85.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 12.1 students per teacher. Compared with the 8.8:1 average for high schools in Arkansas, this school's ratio is higher. Roughly 29% of students at JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Pulaski County, the average eligibility rate is 71%.
Among Arkansas public high schools, JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL outscored 17%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 23.9%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Arkansas are predicted to post 49.1%, so the school is 25.2 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
In Pulaski County, home to about 399,818 people, median household income comes to about $62,873, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pulaski County's 133 public schools enroll about 64,124 students and include JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL.
Of the public schools around it, JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL is closest to JOE T. ROBINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 41.0% on proficiency, and JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL is below that at 23.9%.
JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school counted 732 students in 2020-21 and 1,030 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference.
The discussion board for JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Pulaski County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
399,818
Census ACS
Median income
$62,873
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
133
64,124 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,120 students
- MAUMELLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 869 students
- SYLVAN HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 772 students
- SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 721 students
- MILLS UNIVERSITY STUDIES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 612 students
- JOE T. ROBINSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 607 students
Other schools in LITTLE ROCK
- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,567 students
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,371 students
- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY ELEMENTARYElementary · 1,387 students
- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,315 students
- DR. MARIAN G. LACEY K-8 ACADEMYElementary · 1,252 students
- PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,072 students
Nearby schools
- JOE T. ROBINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 607
- JOE T. ROBINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 295
- DRIVEN VIRTUAL ACADEMY0.3 mi · 218
- HALL HIGH SCHOOL - WEST SOI2.6 mi · 495
- PINNACLE VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL2.6 mi · 807
- CHENAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 448
Frequently asked questions
About JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL?
JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,030 students in grades 09-12.
Is JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 12.1:1 (85 FTE teachers).
How diverse is JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL?
JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 47% White, 7% Hispanic, 37% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL in?
JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL is part of PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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